Hydraulic irrigating-machine.



v P. J. STALEC. v HYDRAULIC IRRIGATING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 21 19 14.

IIVVENTOR Paul J Sta lee Patented Feb. 15, 1916.

WITNESSES:

A TTORN E Y THE COLUMBIA PLANDGRAPH c0., WASHINGTON, D. C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PAUL STALEC, OF SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.

' HYDRAULIC IRRIGATING-MAGHINE.

Application fiiea se pt mber 21; 1914. semi No.

7 To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PAUL J. STALEC, citizen of the United States,residing at Seattle,

raisesuch water to a higher level, and the.

object of my invention is to improve the hydraulic irrigating machinewhich is illus trated, described and claimed in my (Jupendingapplication Serial No. 833,193, filed by me in the United States PatentOfiice-on date of'April 20, 191 1, for Letters Patent for hydraulicirrigating machine whereby there shall be provided a more directpassageway through which water may be forced to flow from the inletopening through the machine to the discharge opening thereof and wherebywith a given speed, a given quantity of water may be forced to ahigherlevel.

I accomplish this object by devices illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, where1n Figure 1 1s a view 1n vertical .mid-

section of a structure embodying my in vention; Fig. 2 is a View inhorizontal. section on broken line 00, m ofFig. 1; Fig. 3 is a view inside elevation of a detail of my invention; Fig. 4 isa view inhorizontal cross-section on brokenline 1 y of Fig. 3, illustrating suchdetail, and Fig. 5 is a view in vertical radial section on broken line2, z of Fig. 2, of another detail of my invention.

Referring to the drawings, throughout which like reference numeralsindicate like parts, 6 and 6 indicate fragments of two of four radial.arms of a base frame upon which is secured by bolts 7 the flange portionof the bottom end of a rotary pump cylinder 8 whosebottom wall isprovided with four openings 9 of segmental form which are disposedconcentrically with the axis of said cylinder and whichopen into thespace between adjacent ones of said four radial arms through whichopenings 9 water may pass into the interior of said cylinder. Withinsaid cylinder is a concentrically disposed tube 11 which extendsupwardly from the bottom wall of said cylinder, with which it isintegrally connected, for a distance equal .er re e ete r e 91 fif s Of.t e e i' r Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. '15, 1916. 562, 65.-

vertical dimensionsjof. said cylinder said tube 11 being of suchdiameter to encircle the four segmental openings 9 and to provide anannular space 12 between the exterior periphery of said tube 11 and theinner surfacev of the wall of thecylinder 8, and within such annularspace 12 are vertically disposed four partitions-13, equidistant fromeach other, which extend upwardly for a distance r equal to a littlemore than half the interior vertical dimension of said cylinder todivide thelower portion of such, annular space 12 into four parts 14,15, 1'6 and 17, connecting with each of these four parts is a passagewaythrough thewall of the cylinder leadingthrough conducting pipes 18,19,20 and .21, respectively, which conducting pipes are secured to bosses22 on the exterior wall of said cylinder by a flange joint, as moreclearlyshown in'Fig- 2,'and these conductmg pipes 18, 19, 20 and 21 turnto extend upwardly for any desired distance above the cylinder 8 and arethere all connected to a common conducting pipe 23 which may lead to anydesired' point for the delivery of water at such point, v.or each ofsuch 'con ducting pipes 18, 19, 20, and'21 may lead to dilferent water.Y.

Concentrically disposed to extend verticallythrough the cylinder 8 is ashaft 24 whose lower rounded end rests upon a step bearing 25 which issupported upon a plate 26 that is vertically adjusted by means notshown, 'but which means are disclosed in Fig. 1 of the drawings formingapart of pointsifor the distribution of my said co-pending applicationand the sur-- rounding surfaceof the lower end portion of said shaft2451s journaledin bearings formed in the base' frame 6 and the bottomwall of'the cylinder 8, while the top cylinder head 27 is provided witha concentric hole through which the shaft 24; extends upwardly intoandthrough a packing box 28, thence to extend upwardly to and through abearing29 which is supported byv four radial arms 30 each of whichextends to and is secured to a difi'erent one of the conducting pipes118', 19,. 20and 21 and thence to extend upwardly to terminate at suchdistance above the bearing 29 as will afiord a length suificientlfordisposing upon its end portion a beveledgearwheel .31 which is securelyfastened thereon, which beveled gearwheel 31 meshes with another,gearwheel 32fwhicl1 is securelymounted on a horizontal shaft 33 ereadhere ta s ena le-i suit bl is mounted securely a fin-screw conveyer;

comprising a hub 34 from which project four spirally disposed fins 35,36, 37 and 38 which are spaced equal distances apart and whose outeredges fit closely to the inner surface of the tube 11, the upper endportion 39 of such hub 34 being enlarged to a diameter to adapt suchupper end portion to fit closely to the wallet the cylinder 8 such upperend portion 39 being formed to have an annular portion 40 extenddownwardly to fit within the annular space 12 between the tube 11 andthe wall of the cylinder '3, the top end surface of said enlargedportion 39 being disposed close to the under surface of the top cylinderhead 27 and projecting from the bottom part of the annular portion 40are four spiral arms 41, 43 and 44 which extend spirally in a directionopposite to the diameter of the spiralfins 35, 36, 37 and 38 and withinsuch enlarged portion 39 are passageways, indicated by dotted lines inFig. 4, each of which leads from a space between adjacent ones of thefins 35, 36, 37 and'38 into the respective space between adjacent onesof the four spiral .arms 41, 42, 43 and 44 and within the cylinder thetip ends of the four arms 41, 42, 43 and 44, as they are revolved, aredisposed just to clear the top end surfaces of the four partitions 13,as indicated more clearly in Fig. 5, thus water may find passagewaythrough four separate paths, which passageways extend through. the

openings 9, thence through the spaces be tween adjacent ones of the fins35, 36, 37 and 38, thence through the respective passageways 1n the endportion 39, thence into the respective passageways between the ad.

jacentones of the four spirally disposed arms 41, 42, 43 and 44, thenceinto the respective segmental parts 14, 15, 16 and 17 ofthe annularspace 12, thence outwardly into the respective conducting pipes 18, 19,20 and 21, thence upwardly into the conducting pipe 23, and thus whenthe, shaft 33 is rotated in the direction of thearrow the hub 34 will berotated in a direction whereby the fins 35, 36, 37 and 38 will carrywater upwardly'as it flows inwardly through the openings 9 and forcesuch water into and through the passageways within the enlarged portion39, thence downwardly be tween the arms 41, 42, 43 and 44 to force suchwater through the segmentally formed spaces 14, 15, 16 and 17 to causesuch water to fiow outwardly andupwardly in the conducting pipes 18, 19,20 and 21 and thence Copies'of this patent ma 're obtained for l ma 1upwardly throughthe pipe 23 to the point of discharge; all of suchpassageways affording, less resistanceto the flow of water through themthan; do the passageways through the machine illustrated and de scribedin my co-pending application, whereby a'machine embodying mypresentinvention, as I have found in actual practice is verymuchmore efiicientthan the machine shown and described in my said. co-p'endingapplication.

hat I claim is: In a hydraulic machine of the class de-. scribed, thecombination with a pump cylinder having inlet passageways through itsbottomend wall and having a plurality of outlet passageways through itsside Wall,

said outletpassageways being equi-distant from each other, of dischargepipes each connected with a different one of said out.- let passageways,a tubular. formed portion disposed concentrically within said cylinderto encircle said. openings in the bottom wall of said cylinder,withwhich bottom wall said tubular portion is inte rally connectedwhereby is formed an annular space between theexterior of said portionand the interior surface of the side walls of said cylinder; a pluralityof partitions disposed each within said annular space between adjacentones of said outlet openings to extend from said bottom end wall of saidcylinder to a,plane higher than sald outlet passageways, a shaftrotatably disposed to extendconcentrically annular space between saidtubular portion and. the wall ofsaid cylinder; a plurality of spirallydisposed arms integrally securech to the bottom surface of said annularflange whicharms extend downwardly to a plane adjacent to the. top endsurfaces ofsaida plurality of spirally disposed to the periphery of thatportion of said hub that is surrounded 1 partitions, fins securedintegrally by said tubular portion, and passageways within. saidenlarged portion of said hub for connecting. respectivelythe spacesbetween adjacentzones of said fins with the spaces between. saidspirally disposed arms.

In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name this eighth day ofSeptember. A. D. .1914. e

1 PAUL J. STALEC;

Witnesses:

O. J OI-INSON, A. HASKINS.

five cents each, by addressingjthc CommissionerbCPatents Washington,1L0.

